I did a search and found several comments about the center pins breaking , the comments were around 2013 , not all .
I have been replacing the pins by removing them from track that will probably not be used but WOW , I counter this afternoon some 32 pins have been removed.
Can you buy these pins from Lionel? Can a wire be run from one piece of track to the next and the pin not be needed.
Thanks
Brent